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Australia’s deadly 1800s storms help us predict future extremes

Meteorologists cannot currently predict the monster storms that occasionally strike Australia, but decades of newspaper accounts suggest there may be a pattern

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Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change

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Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change

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Let it glow, let it glow, let it snow

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Physics

Lightning leaves clouds of radiation and antimatter in its wake

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We all get poorer every time a climate disaster strikes

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How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

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How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

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Ophelia shows many hurricanes could reach Europe in the future

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Ophelia shows many hurricanes could reach Europe in the future

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California’s wildfires powered by perfect storm of fire hazards

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Rainfall

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A few cold drops falling through a cloud could create a downpour

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Lightning storms triggered by exhaust from cargo ships

The world's busiest shipping lanes have twice as many bolts of lightning as nearby areas, and ships pumping soot into the air seem to be responsible

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The Caribbean will be recovering from Hurricane Irma for years

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Florida suffers coast-to-coast battering by Hurricane Irma

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Hurricane Irma tears across Caribbean leaving chaos in its wake

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Hurricane Irma’s epic size is being fuelled by global warming

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